Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by thepete2 » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 3:19 PM UTC

Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs
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Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

#2

Post by Tepix » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:51 PM UTC

Low budget alternative: The Pinephone by Pine64, also with 4 ARM Cortex-A53 cores.

https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by vbezhenar » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

5.7" screen is HUGE. I wish someone would build phone with 3.5-4" screen. It's so handy to operate phone with a single hand.

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by RandomBacon » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC

Tepix wrote: post #2

Low budget alternative: The Pinephone by Pine64, also with 4 ARM Cortex-A53 cores. https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

Cool, I want to get one of those also, but they're not selling it and I don't see any links about when we can buy it, for how much, and when it will ship.

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by prolepunk » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

Hmmm, almost exactly half the specs of OnePlus 3, way more expensive than OnePlus 3 when it came out 3 years ago.

How this is better than installing lineage Os on oneplus 3? -- https://download.lineageos.org/oneplus3

I understand anyone who wants privacy need to pay extra, but is it really justifiable to pay this much for that?

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by RandomBacon » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

vbezhenar wrote: post #3

5.7" screen is HUGE. I wish someone would build phone with 3.5-4" screen. It's so handy to operate phone with a single hand.

It's on par with most other phones, which I agree is huge. Smaller would take a lot more work, so I'm okay with a larger first version.

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by RandomBacon » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

prolepunk wrote: post #5

Hmmm, almost exactly half the specs of OnePlus 3, way more expensive than OnePlus 3 when it came out 3 years ago. How this is better than installing lineage Os on oneplus 3? -- https://download.lineageos.org/oneplus3 I understand anyone who wants privacy need to pay extra, but is it really justifiable to pay this much for that?

It's not an Android variant, it's a Debian variant.

Yes.

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by canadaduane » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:57 PM UTC

I love that there are 3 hardware kill switches, and that turning all 3 off "additionally disable[s] IMU+compass & GNSS, ambient light and proximity sensors." There are so many ways in which clever hackers have teased out information from thin streams of always-on sensor data.

It would also be kind of cool if they added physical LED lights reflecting hardware activity, normally covered by some physical blinder that you could remove if you're curious--for example, a light indicating WIFI traffic, one for each sensor, etc.

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by kapnobatairza » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 4:59 PM UTC

I've been looking for a "FOSS" phone that is based purely on AOSP. I don't want a custom ROM, Play Store, cloud, or to have to create any accounts or sign into anything. I just want a simple Android phone with decent specs that I can install APKs on. Does this exist at all? Or do I have to buy/pay for a "full" Android phone and reflash it?

Re: Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs

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Post by megous » Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

RandomBacon wrote: post #4

Tepix wrote: post #2

Low budget alternative: The Pinephone by Pine64, also with 4 ARM Cortex-A53 cores. https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

Cool, I want to get one of those also, but they're not selling it and I don't see any links about when we can buy it, for how much, and when it will ship.

Probably by the end of the year. Early prototypes should ship next month, but who knows.